Local News An Alternative Approach to the Lichtenstein Repair for Hernia Results in Improved Patient Quality of Life and Less Opioid Use Post SurgeryMassachusetts General Hospital | August 15, 2023The Lichtenstein repair is one of the most popular techniques for repair of inguinal hernias…pthomsonAugust 15, 2023 Read More
Local News Summer Research Opportunity Can Be a Springboard to Advanced StudiesThe Picower Institute | August 14, 2023Doctoral studies at MIT aren’t a calling for everyone, but they can be for anyone…pthomsonAugust 14, 2023 Read More
Local News Summer Undergraduate Research Students Highlight Collaboration, Diversity at UMass ChanUMass Chan Medical School | August 14, 2023Spending 10 weeks of their summer immersed in biomedical research at UMass Chan Medical School…pthomsonAugust 14, 2023 Read More
Local News Study Reveals Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 Faced Nearly Twice the Rates of Death After Discharge As Patients with FluBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | August 11, 2023As of June 2023, more than 1.1 million Americans have died of COVID-19. Adults older…pthomsonAugust 11, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Engineering Designer Beta Cells with a CRISPR-Cas9 Conjugation PlatformLim, D., et al. | August 28, 2020The authors developed a convenient platform to conjugate molecules to Cas9, and using this platform…eabramovichAugust 28, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Novel Antimicrobials from Uncultured Bacteria Acting against Mycobacterium tuberculosisQuigley, J., et al. | August 26, 2020Decreasing discovery rates and increasing resistance have underscored the need for novel therapeutic options to…eabramovichAugust 26, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Engineered PLGA Microparticles for Long-Term, Pulsatile Release of STING Agonist for Cancer ImmunotherapyLu, X., et al. | August 24, 2020STING agonist – a cancer immunotherapeutic drug – could produce strong antitumor immune responses, but…eabramovichAugust 24, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week A Distinct Transcriptional Program in Human CAR T Cells Bearing the 4-1BB Signaling Domain Revealed by scRNA-SeqBoroughs, A.C., et al. | August 21, 2020The authors looked at the full transcriptional profile of CAR T cells bearing different signaling…eabramovichAugust 21, 2020 Read More
Local News Meet a Whitehead Postdoc: Jesse PlattWhitehead Institute | February 28, 2023Jesse Platt is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member Richard Young’s lab studying mechanisms of…pthomsonFebruary 28, 2023 Read More
Local News Several Pre-Existing RSV Lineages Powered the 2022 SurgeBroad Institute | February 27, 2023Late last year, thousands of children across the United States were hospitalized with respiratory syncytial…pthomsonFebruary 27, 2023 Read More
Local News Nerve–Immune Cell Interactions in the Lungs Drive the Development of Allergic AsthmaMassachusetts General Hospital | February 24, 2023Allergic asthma—which is characterized by wheezing and breathing difficulties triggered by inhaled allergens such as pollen,…pthomsonFebruary 24, 2023 Read More
Local News Tal Gilboa on Opening a Window into the Brain for Parkinson’s DiagnosticsWyss Institute | February 24, 2023As Tal Gilboa watched the condition of her mentor and family friend diagnosed with Parkinson’s…pthomsonFebruary 24, 2023 Read More
Local News Ultrasensitive Blood Test Detects ‘Pan-Cancer’ BiomarkerDana-Farber Cancer Institute | October 13, 2023Diagnostic tools for timely, accurate and inexpensive early cancer detection that can assess risk or…sciencecityOctober 13, 2023 Read More
Local News A Research Team Searches for Every Gene That Helps Tumors Evade ImmunotherapyBroad Institute | October 12, 2023In 2011, Robert Manguso was working in a cell biology lab when his mother was…sciencecityOctober 12, 2023 Read More
Awards Bradley Bernstein of Dana-Farber Elected to National Academy of MedicineDana-Farber Cancer Institute | October 12, 2023Bradley Bernstein, MD, PhD, Chair of Cancer Biology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been elected to the…sciencecityOctober 12, 2023 Read More